At the awards ceremony are (from left) Camden Mayor Dana Redd; Land Conservancy stewardship manager Dennis Briede of Blairstown; Land Preservation Director Sandy Urgo of Roxbury; Land Conservancy President David Epstein of Ramsey; and EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck.

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The Land Conservancy of New Jersey received an EPA award for its restoration work on the South Branch Preserve in Mount Olive, the organization announced Tuesday.

The Land Conservancy on Friday received the Environmental Quality Award at the federal EPA's regional headquarters in New York. Mount Olive submitted the nomination for the award, which is given each year to those who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to protecting and enhancing environmental quality and public health, according to a news release.